Coffee Manju with Sweet Potato Paste Filling

14 December 2015 - Coffee Manju with Sweet Potato Paste Filling

These manju are steamed and easy to make. I like the sweet potato paste, it is soft and milky.

The recipe is from Cookpad

Coffee Manju with Sweet Potato Paste Filling
makes 7-8 small manju

For manju dough
100 g cake flour (add more for dust)
60 g sugar
3 tsp instant coffee powder
2 Tbsp water
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp baking soda

For sweet potato paste
1 large Asian sweet potato
1 tsp butter
4 Tbsp milk powder
sugar, cinnamon, water to taste (I didn't use cinnamon)

For drawing the face
1 tsp instant coffee powder
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp water
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